Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Journals Selected by SCI and Its Enlightenment

JCR and WOS database were used to retrieve the information of the 80 kinds of sports journals selected by SCI in 2010.The publishing information of sports journals selected by SCI was analyzed and compared with that of China sports journals.The results showed that SCI sports journals’articles were more various than those in China.The number of articles was smaller.Total citation frequency,impact factor,and immediacy index were higher.Aver age publication cycle was longer.High frequency contributors and institutions came from the developed countries or regions.China's sports academic journals should draw experience from sports journals selected by SCI.They should increase the article types and decrease the article quantity.They needed to be more open to the world and improve publishing language and online resources.